InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bound by Blood ❯ Chapter 14: Findinf Truths and Meeting Brothers ( Chapter 14 )

Chapter 14: Finding Truths and Meeting Brothers

 

Sesshoumaru was determined to find some type of information. He would not leave the library until he found something; he needed to have some information before he talked with his father. He would not waste his father's time by being unprepared.

 

He knew that his father had only been to one war zone in the last 150 years. And the two strays couldn't be much older then 110 at the most.

 

Sesshoumaru remembered when his father had left to help end the American War. It was one of the worst cases of corrupted government in hundreds of years. There were close to 2 million demons that were killed outright for simply being what they were born.

 

Going straight for a book written by a survivor, he quickly found a passage that was deeply disturbing:

 

Over a millenarian ago demons and humanscame to an understanding realizing that if they didn't stop the fighting between the two, they would kill each other to the point of extinction. So treaties were drafted so each side,youkai and humans, would feel comfortable. Both sides weren't happy but peace lasted for hundreds of years while new countries where built. In some countries human and youkai lived peacefully Japan and Europe are two of the best examples. But in some,like the Americas,fighting between the humans and youkais continued to escalate.

 

Soon those counties asked for help to resolve the fighting. It took over five hundred years but soon peace also found a root. For the next five hundred years to the outside world all would seem well. Even to its people peace seemed to reign over all people.

 

As the world advanced and humansstarted to advance in technology,many youkai chose tofollow the old teaching. Swordplay and hand to hand combat was still their choice of defense. Youkai weren't ignorant of the advancement of not only weapons but medicineas well. They just chose to follow their ancestor's teachings.

 

But in the dark shadows,there werehumans believed that youkai had far too many freedomsand that they should be limited. Soon small movements began in the 1970's such that humans were becoming subservient to the youkai. Humans started to gather mikos and monks in secret so theyempower their movement, hoping to gain more popularityas they went. Slowlymore and more humansusedrandom acts of violence as propaganda, stating that youkais would use their superior senses against the human population. At first many wouldn't listen, they sill believed in the treaties.

 

Youkai were notignorant to the fact thathumans were becoming skittish and so they allowed these small changes, they figured if it made the humans more compliant and less violent towards youkai then it was anacceptable course of action. Soon though the movements where gaining more support in certain parts of the country. In the south and west they were gaining more popularity, youkai were starting to feel the pressure. They soon started to move towards the east and northern parts of the country.

 

Propaganda was slowly getting worse. Soon youkai were being banned from certain places, restaurants, malls, we even had curfews that wouldn't allow themout past a certain time. If you were caught punishments were severe,tacking devices would be attached. Of course the youkai councils started to fight back saying the human had taken too many liberties when it came to changing laws, but they would use these taped sessions and twist them. Far too late did youkai realize that the humans had gained somuch supportand too much power.

 

The humans declared war on the youkai inthe year2007. But the problem was that the human had recruited so many mikos and monks, thatyoukai never had a chance. Detention camps sprang up, at first youkai weren't sure what was happeningin these camps but knew it couldn't be any good. Soon youkai were trying toescape andtravel out side of North America.

 

Youkai studied modern warfare with guns ands technology, but chose to still stick to their ancestor's teachings. Fighting between youkai had been settled by the swords ever since the first teachings. For the most part humans didn't interfere with the old teachings. So when the war started the mikos and monk had followed the old teachings. They mostly fought with staffs, swords, and bow and arrows. This the youkai could fight but when the humans would use guns and bullets it cold pierce the heart much easier. Youkai may be able to heal quickly, but even youkai can't survive a bullet to the heart or the head.

 

We were to learn that those killed on site were the lucky ones; any that were sent to the detention centers could only wish to die later.

 

Sesshoumaru knew he had found what he was looking for, quickly glancing at the other books around him he grabbed several and proceeded to check each of them out. He knew he had finals to study for but the next two weeks classes were only half days.

*****

 

Yuriye knew that Kagome needed time to calm down and allow time for her instincts time to adjust. It would take a long time for Kagome's instincts to not run, to settle down. Every youkai had the fight or flight instinct but for Kagome and herself the run instinct had become so permanently ingrained that they almost never fought it if they didn't have to. Part of that had happened after Kagome lost Miyuki, even after 5 years the pain for Kagome seemed to be fresh.

 

Walking Yuriye noticed she could smell some delicious food. But then again any food at this point would smell good. She could smell several kinds of meats and fish and fresh vegetables.

 

“The cafeteria is the building next to the medical wing. It is about a five minute walk behind it, it has just about everything anyone could want. It has fresh meats for the youkai students and cooked meat for the human students. You will probably want fresh meat; don't be afraid of eating it in front of us. We have several friends that are youkai and we have become accustomed to the site and smell of fresh meat.” Sango knew that new student's especially young youkai would separate themselves from others during meals believing that they would offend the humans at the school.

 

Sango knew that Yuriye would most likely try and avoid the food that her body needed to heal. She had to admit she had problems at first being around fresh meat but after a couple of months she had gotten used to it.

 

Soon the cafeteria came into view and Yuriye's stomach couldn't help but growl at the smell of fresh food. She knew that with Sango and Miroku she would have avoided the fresh meat for fear of grossing them out. But if Sango said to not worry then she wouldn't, but she would have to warn Kagome about it also.

 

As soon as the small group entered the cafeteria the sounds of talking and clinking chopsticks stopped immediately. Yuriye noticed that everyone was staring at them; many faces held looks of curiosity but some held looks of contempt. Yuriye could feel the heat of the stares but refused to be looked down upon.

 

Yuriye couldn't help but stand straight with her head raised. Kagome had always said this was the best way to show others that you aren't afraid. Walking with your head down and shoulders slumped showed everyone that you were someone to walk over.

 

Yuriye was startled by a growl, she looked next to her and saw it came from Sango, very good for a human. Her eyes widen when she noticed this, `Maybe she has been around youkai for far too long?'

 

Sango was becoming pissed again; she hated how students would harp on new students and often make them feel like outsiders. And while not everyone here did that it was in the human nature to be suspicious. Many of the youkai could be worse if you didn't have some sort of standing in the community you would be exiled. One thing that she had noticed about Kagome and Yuriye was they had never mentioned their last names, and this fact would spread like a wild fire.

 

Sango had noticed that Yuriye stood next to her straight back and her head raised. She was proud of the inu, she knew that standing proud and not allowing you're self to be walked on could be very hard. But is seemed that this was one point someone had drilled into Yuriye.

 

Smiling Sango continued to walk over towards the lines for the food. She quickly noticed that Yuriye looked a little overwhelmed with all the choices. It bothered her thinking that the two inus didn't eat properly. They were both skinny almost to the point of being unhealthy.

 

Sango knew that both of inu would have their pride put on the line while adjusting to the school. They were accepting handouts from strangers; they were being housed and also fed. Sango could remember when she had first arrived; she felt such shame for accepting the schools help. But she promised herself that she would help Kagome and Yuriye successfully adjust to the best of her abilities.

 

Yuriye looked at the selection of food, for her this was a buffet. Rice, fresh meats and cooked meats, fresh vegetables rounded out the selection. It would be the first time in a long time she could actually pick out what type of food she wanted to eat.

 

Smiling Yuriye followed Sango down the lines; Yuriye grabbed rice and some fresh meat. She knew that if she gorged on food she would make herself sick. Yuriye grabbed small portions, portions that were almost smaller than Sango's.

 

Looking back Sango noticed how little Yuriye was taking worried she spoke up, “Yuriye you can take as much food as you need, you don't have to take such small portions.”

 

“I know Sango, but if I eat too much I will just make myself sicker. You have to realize that we are used to eating such small meals and most of the time they aren't the best. We almost never had the chance to buy fresh rice or vegetables; we ate mostly fresh meat when we could. Occasionally we had enough to make jerky, we could make that last for at least a month.” Yuriye knew that it looked like she really wasn't eating but the food she has chosen was very rich in nutrients and t hat was more important then eating a lot.

 

After Yuriye had grabbed her food she followed Sango to a table that had a male half demon inu. She grew nervous as they got closer to him; she knew that while Kagome and she were full demons, they were strays so this half demon would be held in much higher regard. He also looked familiar but couldn't pin it at the moment.

 

He had white hair that went down to about his lower back, his warm amber eyes and scowl that looked like it had a permanent place on his face. From what she could see he was dressed in all red.

 

Inuyasha had noticed when the cafeteria went silent. He looked towards the door and saw Sango and Miroku but what caught his attention was the inu standing there as straight as his brother did on a normal day. He recognized her as one of the strays that Kaede had taken in.

 

In a way he felt sorry for them, he knew being a half demon was hard but his family name would be enough to protect him, them being strays were even worse off.

 

He had already heard rumors about the two of them. But what disturbed him were the rumors of scars on the silver inu. He couldn't think of anything that could scar a youkai off the top of his head. But he put those thoughts aside as Sango and Miroku approached his table he could smell the apprehension coming off the black inu. She also had a weird look on her face like she was trying to figure out a puzzle.

 

“Hey Inuyasha, do you mind if Yuriye joins us for lunch?” Sango asked but her tone of voice said that there would be pain if he disagreed. For the most part she knew that Inuyasha wouldn't judge, he knew what it was like to not be accepted for what he was.

 

“Whatever, I don't care if the wench wants to sit here.” Inuyasha new that by Sango's tone that he really didn't have a choice, but he could also tell she had already had formed a connection with the new comer. This surprised him because Sango had very picky taste when it came to her companions.

 

Yuriye's left eye twitched when she heard Inuyasha call her a wench, but it took her a lot more to become angry. She always had the more even temper out of Kagome and her self. While Kagome had the will to fight and protect her temper would get to her at times. Yuriye's posture became stiffer as she sat down.

 

She knew that she couldn't just sneak away from Sango and go back to

Kagome room to eat, plus Kagome wanted to be alone. Yuriye felt her mood quickly change back to being sad and slightly pissed.

 

She hated how Kagome wouldn't allow anyone to see her upset or to help her. Kagome shouldered all her emotions plus Yuriye's; Kagome told her it was her duty as her alpha. But all those emotions were slowly eating at her.

 

Everyone at the table could feel the shift of Yuriye's emotions, and those near at other tables were starting to feel nervous. Sango knew that most of the students would be very nervous about the new arrivals. She had to calm Yuriye down so the other students wouldn't look at her as a threat.

 

“What's wrong Yuriye?” Sango voice held only concern.

 

“Just thinking about Kagome, I'm worried but it's nothing new with us. It's going to take a while for us to get used to being here. I can feel the stares from the other students, I feel like there's a sign on my back that says `Look a Stray'.” Yuriye growled and many turned away from staring at her.

 

“You get used to it trust me, being different is hard here. After a while you become old news, though I must admit the rumors that are flying around might last through the summer break.” Inuyasha knew what it was like to be the butt of the jokes and rumors. He knew that their stay would not only be hard but many here would never accept them.

 

Looking at Yuriye, Inuyasha noticed right away her emotional emerald eyes. Her long black hair and unusual orange highlights made her lightly sun kissed skin stand out. The mark in the middle of her forehead told others that she came from upper society but he didn't recognize the symbol. He could tell the clothes came from the school and she was still wearing fighting hakamas.

 

Yuriye could feel Inuyasha's eye on her, but the way he talked it seemed as though he knew what he was talking about. She knew that half breeds weren't uncommon and were no longer looked down upon but for many they still represented an uncommon union. Many still believed that youkai and human shouldn't mix.

 

Looking around while slowly eating Yuriye could see not only many types of youkai but also monks, mikos, and also demon slayers. She still couldn't believe that all these students could come together and get along, not after what Kagome and she lived through.

 

Watching Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha teasing each other and laughing made her heart warm some. Just like when Kagome and she were at the lake it gave her hope for the first time in a very long time. Smiling she tried to pay attention to what they were talking about.

 

This was the beginning of a new life for Kagome and her self and she was going to make the best effort to start again.